Hardcover | May 22, 2012

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Although current debates in epistemology and philosophy of mind show a renewed interest in perceptual illusions, there is no systematic work in the philosophy of perception and in the psychology of perception with respect to the concept of illusion and the relation between illusion and error. This book aims to fill that gap.

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CLOTILDE CALABI is Associate Professor of Theories of Mind and Language at the University of Milano, Italy. Her research focuses on philosophy of perception, emotions, and attention. Her publications include The Choosing Mind and the Judging Will. An Analysis of Attention (1993); Passioni e Ragioni (1996) and Filosofia della Percezion...

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AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction; C.CalabiPART I: WHAT IS AN ILLUSION?The Illusion of Visual Illusions; R.SchwartzIllusions that We Should Have (but don’t); N.BrunoThe Awareness of Illusions; E.PasquinelliThe Genesis of the Awareness of Illusions; U.Savardi, M.Kubovy& I.BianchiPART II: VERIDICAL PERCEPTIONSPerceptual Constancies: Illusions and Veridicality; B.MaundIs the Moon Illusion an Illusion?; H.RossCats! Michotte’s New Enigma of Perception; C.CalabiPART III: DO PICTURES AND MIRRORS FOOL THE EYE?Trompe l’Œil and the Nature of Pictures; P.SpinicciTowards a Synchretist Theory of Depiction (How to Account for the Illusionistic Aspect of Pictorial Mirrors, Illusions and Epistemic Innocence; R.CasatiPART IV: OTHER ERRORS: RECALCITRANT EMOTIONS AND MISIDENTIFICATIONSEmotions, Perceptions and Emotional Illusions; C.TappoletPerceptual Misrecognition: A Kind Of Illusion?; J.DokicSeeing Double: Illusions of Identity in Delusional Disorders; P.GerransIndex